Girl

Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.

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Famous quotes containing the word girl:

    “I am just a little girl who’s looking for a little boy who’s looking for a girl to love.”
    —Ira Gershwin (1896–1983)

    “You’re his girl and he’s your feller
    And all the rest is “talk.””
    —Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)

    “1946: I go to graduate school at Tulane in order to get distance from a “possessive” mother. I see a lot of a red-haired girl named Maude-Ellen. My mother asks one day: “Does Maude-Ellen have warts? Every girl I’ve known named Maude-Ellen has had warts.” Right: Maude-Ellen had warts.”
    —Bill Bouke (20th century)